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Durian Tunggal shooting: Malaysian Bar condemns online death threats against lawyer, urges swift action

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 19 -- The Malaysian Bar has expressed deep concern over online death threats directed at a lawyer representing the families of three men fatally shot in Melaka, calling for urgent a... Read More


Sabah politician Phillip Among gets eight months' jail for molesting 18-year-old, files appeal to High Court

KOTA KINABALU, Dec. 19 -- A politician was jailed for eight months and fined RM5,000, in default four months' jail by a Magistrate's Court here on Thursday for molesting an 18-year-old girl four years... Read More


My Chemical Romance's Kuala Lumpur concerts rescheduled to November 2026

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 19 -- American rock band My Chemical Romance has rescheduled their much-anticipated Kuala Lumpur concerts, withs the shows now set to take place on November 19 and 20, 2026, accordi... Read More


JPJ: Over 2,600 luxury vehicle owners caught with expired road tax this year, Porsche drivers top list

SIBU, Dec. 19 -- The Road Transport Department (JPJ) Malaysia has revealed that 2,685 luxury vehicle owners nationwide have failed to renew their Motor Vehicle Licence (LKM), with the Porsche marque r... Read More


Christmas traffic surge: LLM forecasts 2.6 million vehicles daily on major highways

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 19 -- The Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) expects up to 2.6 million vehicles per day to use the country's major highways during the peak period of this year's Christmas celebratio... Read More


Slanted-eyes gesture by Miss Finland prompts East Asia outrage and fallout at home

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 19 -- A social media photo posted by Finland's delegate to last month's Miss Universe pageant has ignited widespread backlash across East Asia, spilling into Finnish politics and ev... Read More


Legal hallucination in AI may undermine justice - Kuek Chee Ying

Kuala Lampur, Dec. 19 -- Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is a subfield of AI that leverages machine learning and deep learning techniques to generate new content including text, image, audi... Read More


Singapore influencer Eunice Ng probed over alleged dog abuse

Kuala Lampur, Dec. 19 -- SINGAPORE, Dec 19 -Singapore authorities are investigating allegations that influencer Eunice Ng abused her pet dog. The Straits Times reported that in a video allegedly post... Read More


Tokyo's famed Tsukiji Outer Market urges tour groups to avoid December visits - here's why

TOKYO, Dec. 19 -- Tokyo's Tsukiji Outer Market has made an unusual appeal ahead of the year-end rush, asking guided tour groups to refrain from visiting in December as crowds swell in the run-up to Ja... Read More


Reporting, not posters, will decide whether Malaysia's anti-bullying law works - Galvin Lee Kuan Sian

Kuala Lampur, Dec. 19 -- Most schools already know how to say the right things about bullying. We have assemblies. We have posters. We have slogans about kindness. Yet bullying persists because the ... Read More